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GOALTENDING

Hellebuyck

Binnington

SCORING

Little

Byfuglien

Schwartz

Jaden Schwartz had a hat trick and rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington made 18 saves as the host St. Louis Blues eliminated the Winnipeg Jets with a 3-2 victory in Game 6 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Saturday.

The Blues will face the winner of the Dallas-Nashville series in the next round of the playoffs. Dallas took a 3-2 lead in that series with a 5-3 victory Saturday in Nashville.

The Blues became the first home team to win a game in the series
and the first winning team that didn't need to overcome a deficit.

Both of the Jets' goals came in the second half of the third period
after they were down 3-0.

Byfuglien's goal came as he poked a rebound of a Kevin Hayes shot past Binnington at 12:17 of the third to cut into the three-goal deficit. Little tallied at 19:22
but the Jets were unable to tie the score.

Schwartz opened the scoring just 23 seconds into the first period. After a Winnipeg turnover in its own end
Hellebuyck was able to stop Brayden Schenn's shot
but the puck trickled behind him. Schwartz
waiting at the far post
was able to sweep it over the goal line.

The Jets challenged the call
claiming Schenn had interfered with Hellebuyck after driving to the net
but the goal was upheld.

Schwartz's second goal came on the power play at 12:36 of the second. His shot from the top of the left faceoff circle went wide of the net
but Tyler Bozak recovered the puck and sent it right back to Schwartz
whose second try found the back of the net.

At 3:55 of the third
Schwartz scored again
prompting a downpour of hats from the St. Louis crowd. Schwartz skated down the right wing
deked a defender and crossed the ice before taking the puck to the net.

Binnington was hardly tested
as the Jets put just six shots on goal through the first two periods and were outshot 36-20 overall. His best save came on the only shot he faced in the second
a glove stop on a wrist shot from the high slot by Winnipeg's Josh Morrissey midway through the period.

--Field Level Media

Updated: April 20, 2019, 10:09 p.m. - Note: all times are Eastern Time